Beyond the decline of wild bees: Optimizing conservation measures and bringing together the actors

M Drossart, M Gérard - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Wild bees represent the main group of pollinators in Europe, being
responsible for the reproduction of numerous flowering plants. However, like a non …

Understanding land use change impacts on ecosystem services within urban protected areas

ML Petroni, J Siqueira-Gay, ALCF Gallardo - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Protected Areas (PAs) aim at safeguarding biodiversity and cultural values by
regulating land use and land cover (LULC) within their boundaries. In the context of different …

Advances, challenges, and directions for ecological restoration by direct seeding of trees: lessons from Brazil

DC de Souza, VL Engel - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct seeding has been considered a cost-effective system for ecological restoration with
tree species, compared to planting nursery-raised seedlings. Over the last years, several …

Effects of human-induced habitat changes on site-use patterns in large Amazonian Forest mammals

S Quintero, MI Abrahams, C Beirne, J Blake… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Amazon is one of the most diverse biomes around the globe, currently threatened by
economic and industrial development and climate change. Large mammals are keystone …

Climate change shifts the distribution of vegetation types in South Brazilian hotspots

WCF Trindade, MH Santos, RF Artoni - Regional Environmental Change, 2020 - Springer
Research on the dynamics of vegetation distribution in relation to past climate can provide
valuable insights into terrestrial ecosystems' response to climate change. However …

Brazilian stingless bees are threatened by habitat conversion and climate change

VP Lima, CA Marchioro - Regional Environmental Change, 2021 - Springer
The stingless bees of the genus Melipona play an important role as pollinators of wild and
cultivated plants in the Neotropics, contributing to forest maintenance and food production …

AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A data set of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest

AC Antunes, A Montanarin, DM Gräbin… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on Earth. However, information on
Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer …

Past, present and future distributions of bumblebees in South America: Identifying priority species and areas for conservation.

FS Krechemer, CA Marchioro… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
Climate change has been commonly associated with a decline of bumblebee populations
around the world. However, most information regarding the impacts of climate change on …

Molecular markers applied to the genetic characterization of Dalbergia nigra: implications for conservation and management

AL da Silva Júnior, RLR Cabral, L Sartori… - Trees, 2022 - Springer
Key message Moderate to high genetic diversity and formation of at least three genetic
groups were found for Dalbergia nigra; however, the analyses indicate vulnerability of some …

Extraction of cumaru seed oil using compressed propane as solvent

DL Fetzer, F Hamerski, M Errico, ML Corazza - The Journal of Supercritical …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reports the oil extraction from cumaru seeds by compressed propane (CPE).
Extractions were performed varying temperature (20, 40, 60° C), pressure (2, 6, 10 MPa) …